Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... May, 2008

May1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Nite, Jaycee.

See you tomorrow.

[JustAmy]

Right!!!!

[JustAmy]

Do you want them with ice cream or frosted?

[JustAmy]

Oh My .... I’m sure that I’ve missed you, Kitty Mittens.

Your flower graphic is lovely. Thank you.

I hope you and Doggie had a wonderful day.

[JustAmy]

LOL

You are funny.

[La Enchiladita]

Frosted, please.... yum...:)

[The Mayor]

May 23, 2008

Heart Disease

ODB RADIO: Listen Now |  Download
READ: Zechariah 7:8-14

Do not harden your hearts. —Psalm 95:8

Pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars selling drugs that prevent hardening of the arteries, a condition that can lead to heart attacks, which kill thousands of people every year.

A more serious condition than hardening of the arteries, however, is hardening of the heart, and it cannot be prevented by any wonder drug. The prophet Zechariah warned the Israelites about it. They had hardened their hearts and refused to listen to the words of the Lord. Symptoms of this deadly condition were their refusal to execute true justice and their failure to show mercy and compassion (Zech. 7:9). As a result, the Lord became angry and stopped listening to them (v.13).

While it’s important to keep plaque from forming in our arteries, it’s even more important to keep our hearts from becoming callous to people who are important to God: widows, orphans, aliens, and the poor (v.10).

It’s crucial to follow our doctor’s orders to keep our arteries from hardening. But it’s even more crucial to obey God to keep our hearts from becoming hardened to the needs of others.

Ask God to bring to mind a person who needs the help of someone with a soft heart.

If I can right a human wrong,
If I can help to make one strong,
If I can cheer with smile or song,
Lord, show me how. —Kleiser

To love Christ is to have a heart for others.

Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 13–15; Proverbs 19:1-15

[MEG33]

Thank you, Mayor. Another great lesson.

[MEG33]

So good to see you,Dita, I hope you are getting lots of rest and healing.
I love that kitty,too..You’ll see it again because I do!
(((HUGS)))

[OESY]

In 1784, Ben Franklin developed bifocal glasses. He was getting old
and was having trouble seeing both up-close and at a distance.
Getting tired of switching between two types of glasses, he
devised a way to have both types of lenses fit into the frame.
The distance lens was placed at the top and
the up-close lens was placed at the bottom.

That would have allowed him to read this more recent poem:

My prescription glasses

When I was twelve,
my prescription glasses
rested heavily on my nose,
but through them
the flowers were colourful
and the fireflies were bright.

At sixteen, I needed a change
and new replaced the old
but I hated them sometimes
like I hated my parents
for the punishments and
the curfews they imposed.

Years have passed
and all alone, I sit and reminisce.
My heart missing the prescription
glasses of yesteryears
as I raised my bifocals of today to my eyes.

— Autumn

.

[The Mayor]

Morning Meg, it’s a start to a beautiful day here.
Sunny and 60 now and heading toward 70. Now this is Spring.

[MEG33]

When you feel you want to try again I will resend all the links to Billie’s threads, backgrounds ,etc.
One thing about it ..no one sees the mistakes but you..Preview can be deleted..thank heavens.
;o)

[MEG33]

Spring has come and gone and now we are into summer it seems! Enjoy your spring.

[OESY]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLDER WHEN...

The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bifocals.

Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work.

You feel like the night after, and you haven't been anywhere.

Your little black book contains only names ending in M.D.

You get winded playing chess.

Your children begin to look middle aged.

You're still chasing women but can't remember why.

A dripping faucet causes an uncontrollable bladder urge.

You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

You look forward to a dull evening.

You walk with your head high trying to get used to your bifocals.

Your favorite part of the newspaper is “25 Years Ago Today...”

You turn out the light for economic reasons rather than romantic ones.

You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.

Your knees buckle and your belt won't.

You regret all those mistakes resisting temptation.

After painting the town red, you have to take a long rest before applying a second coat.

Dialing long distance wears you out.

You're startled the first time you are addressed as an old timer.

You just can't stand people who are intolerant.

The best part of your day is over when your alarm clock goes off.

You burn the midnight oil until 9 p.m.

Your back goes out more often than you do.

A fortuneteller offers to read your face.

Your pacemaker makes the garage door go up when you watch a pretty girl go by.

The little gray-haired lady you help across the street is your wife.

You have too much room in the house and not enough room in the medicine cabinet.

You sink your teeth into a steak and they stay there.

.

[MEG33]

LOL..(Why on earth am I laughing)
;o)

[MEG33]

No...I sold the piano years ago and it was all I could play.
I could not play it well enough to buy another..LOL

Thank you for your sweet compliments, (((Amy))).

[The Mayor]

Most likely we will be in summer next week. : )

[MEG33]

*Happy Friday To Amy's Place*

[OESY]

There is another kind of sight about which the Scripture speaks. It is a sight in many ways more important than even our physical sight. The Bible calls it "vision." Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish." The vision spoken of here is spiritual vision, a sight which goes beyond our physical capacity to see or out need for bifocals. In part, it is a recognition that a new day is dawning and with it new opportunities to make the world a better place. President Ronald Reagan captured that spirit in his Morning in America speech in 1984.

.